Method and apparatus for activating water

ABSTRACT

A process of activating water by leading said water to pass through energy concentrated fields which are generated in particles, being composed of a single elementary material selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed of fluorocarbon, of which single elementary material or fluorocarbon is placed at a position where wave energy intrinsic to each atom or said fluorocarbon is amplified and constructing activation structural bodies is concurrently carried out with increasing quantity of dissolved oxygen in said water. Water can be activated without externally supplying energy or with a little energy.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for wateractivation. Explaining in further details, the invention provides amethod and an apparatus for the activation wherein energy concentratedfields among particles which are composed of specific atoms aregenerated and the water which passes through or stays in the energyconcentrated fields is activated.

BACKGROUND ART

Water activation has been recently used in the pharmaceutical field, thecosmetic field, the industrial field, the food industrial field, theagriculture field and the homeware application field.

The electrolytic water is prepared by the processing tap water in anelectrolysis process wherein an apparatus shown in FIG. 19(a), forexample, is used. The tap water is electrolytic water including calcium,magnesium, sodium, potassium etc. as in chemical compounds of metalsalts.

By using a diaphragm D, the tank T is separated into two cells where ananode E1 and a cathode E2 are placed as shown in FIG. 19 (a). Byapplying the predetermined current to two electrodes E1 and E2, theelectrolytic water is produced.

At the anode E1, the water molecule is decomposed into H++ (hydrogenion), O₂ (oxygen molecule) and e⁻ (electron) and therefore the hydrogenion increases and the oxygen molecule dissolves into water up to thesaturation limit which is determined by the water temperature. In thiscase, ozone, O₂ radicals and oxidizing ions that have oxidation effectsare generated. If the electrolytes such as sodium chlorides arepresented in the water, the materials derived from the electrolytes areproduced, wherein acid water in produced at the anode. Therefore, theacid water that has the acidity is prepared at the anode.

On the other hand, OH— (hydroxide) increases by a reaction of electron(e⁻) to the water and H2 (hydrogen molecule) is dissolved into water.The water at the cathode E2 features that the inclusion of the materialsuch as oxygen which relates to the oxidation extremely decreases. Thesome portion of the alkali metals such as calcium, magnesium, sodium,potassium is attracted to the cathode E2. Therefore, it is the featureof the cathode E2 that the ions of these alkali metals dissolve in thewater at the cathode E2.

The alkali metal ions dissolved in the water close to the cathode E2keeps high digestive property in comparison to the corresponding salts(originally presented in the tap water) such as sodium chloride andcalcium carbonate.

The apparatus that produces the electrolytic water are classified intotwo kinds: “an alkali ion water producer” (see FIG. 19 (b)) thatelectrolyzes tap water, pure water and mineral water etc. as they areand “a strong oxidizing water producer” (see FIG. 19 (c)) thatelectrolyzes the electrolytic water such as the water including sodiumchloride and calcium chloride.

Alkali ion water is obtained from the electrolyzed water at the cathodewherein the water is the tap water purified through the water purifieras shown in FIG. 19 (b).

The water supplied by tap water 201 is sent to the water purifier 202and the mold-malodorant, trihalomethane etc. are removed(pre-treatment). The pre-treated water is sent to an electrolytic tank203 which is constructed with the electrodes E1 and E2 and a diaphragmD. The water sent to the electrolytic tank 203 is electrolyzed and isprepared two kinds of water which are deviated in the pH; one is theoxidizing ion rich water and the other the reducing ion rich water closeto the anode E1 and the cathode E2, respectively.

These two kinds of water flows into two kinds of different flow paths (amain supply hose 204 and a drain hose 205). The alkali ion water fromthe cathode cell goes to the alkali ion water faucet attached to thewater tap through the supply hose 204. The acid water from the anodecell is sent and drained, for example, into a kitchen sink.

It is told that the alkali ion water prepared in this process can beused for various purposes. To begin with, the applications may be homecooking and home use as follows.

1. Rice Steaming

It is believed that the alkali ion water is preferable for boilingvegetables. The steamed surface of the rice grain becomes luster. Thetaste is not degraded after the steamed rice being cool down. Thereforeit is said such steamed rice using alkali ion water is suitable for riceballs and cool lunches.

2. Heat Cooking

The alkali ion water is preferred to be used for heat cooking ofvegetables. For example, the root vegetables are boiled or steamed withthe alkali ion water, then they are well cooked but the outer shapes arenot destroyed. The boiling water is not suspended and the clearvegetable soup is obtained. Therefore the alkali ion water is said to besuitable for the cooking to make soup, curry, stew and vegetablechowder.

3. Soaking

The alkali ion water is said to be effective for soaking the dried foodsand peas. The peas can, for example, be boiled up in about ⅔ timesnecessary for boiling them in tap water. Another example is for driedmushroom which can be soaked in water as short as 10 to 20 minutes.

4. Removing Harshness

The alkali ion water is said to be effective for the use of removingharshness from vegetables. For examples, burdocks, eggplants, lotusroots, udo plants and butterburs can be shortly processed for removingharshness by soaking in water after cutting into suitable peaces. It issaid that the spinach can be boiled to remove harshness enough in aclear color.

5. Preparing Stock

When the stock of dried sea weeds, dried bonitos or dried sardines isprepared, the alkali ion water is said to make thicker but clearer soupin comparison to using tap water.

6. Making Tea and Coffee

Since the alkali ion water has the characteristic of high extraction, itis preferred to use the alkali ion water and good taste is maintained inconsuming half quantity of tea and coffee in comparison to the normalquantity.

7. Diluting Alcohol Drinking

The alkali ion water is said to be preferably used to dilute alcoholdrinking (in other wards, prepare whisky-and-water). Since the alkaliion water is quickly digested in the stomach or bowel, thewhisky-and-water is felt to be less heavy in the stomach in comparisonto using mineral water or tap water for the dilution.

8. Removing Activated Oxygen

The detail reasons have not been clarified but there are a lot ofexperimental data that the activated oxygen can be removed by constantlydrinking alkali ion water.

However, the electrolytic apparatus to prepare the electrolytic waterhas problems that the apparatus consumes a lot of electric power and theapparatus becomes complicated.

On the other hand the strong acid water is produced from the water inthe anode cell by electrolyzing the tap water into which salt is put.For example, the production is done by the apparatus as shown in FIG. 19(c). The strong acid water production apparatus 300 has no purifier buta measuring and adding apparatus 301 that measures and adds theelectrolyte such as sodium chloride (NaCl).

In the industrial direct-water-supply type strong acid productionapparatus 300, for example, the predetermined quantity of theelectrolyte is measured and added to the water from water tap 302. Thewater to which predetermined quantity of the electrolyte is measured andadded (for example sodium chloride) is sent to a mixer 303 wherein theelectrolytic water agitated to be homogenous.

Then the electrolytic water is sent to the electrolytic tank 304 (seethe details of the electrolytic tank 304 in FIG. 19 (a)).

The aqua electrolytic media in the electrolytic tank 304 produces thechloride compounds in a target quantity and is electrolyzed under acontrol to maintain constant pH and the oxidation-reduction potential(ORP).

In addition, the strong acid water production apparatus for home use andportable use has a tank shape type as is and a diaphragm and electrodesare included therein. No measuring and adding apparatus 301 or mixer 303is used. The electrolytic process is done after the users prepare theelectrolytic water and put the prepared electrolytic water into theelectrolytic tank.

It is said that the strong acid water prepared in the above process canbe effective, for example, for the use of bactericiding, pasteurizing,sterilizing. The bacteria die by exposing to the strong acid water forthe time longer than 30 seconds if the bacteria has week drug resistanceand for 2 minutes even if the bacteria has strong drug resistance.

However, the preparation such that the electrolytic water is prepared byusing strong acid water production apparatus 300 and there is a problemthat large amount of electric power is consumed in electrolyzing waterand the apparatus becomes complicate.

The water magnetization and electromagnetic process have been used forthe purpose of water activation by means of refining cluster of water.The water molecule is made of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom asH2O. However the plural water molecules (H2O) are combined into acluster through the hydrogen bonding of two adjacent hydrogen atoms. Inother words, the presence of water is not in a scheme of a single watermolecule but in a large block such that the water molecules are linkedthrough the hydrogen bonding (the block is called a cluster; a clusterof tap water is composed of 30 to 50 water molecules).

The electromagnetic waves or far infrared lights are applied to thewater that is formed in a cluster including many water moleculescombined by hydrogen bonding and the hydrogen bonding is de-combinedinto small clusters of water by the resonance.

The smaller the block of water molecules, in other wards, the smallerthe cluster of water, the larger the enthalpy of the water or the morethe water activation. Because the energy to bond the water molecule intoa cluster is small when the cluster size is small and therefore theblock of the water molecule is easy to move.

It is the general effects for the small cluster of water as;

-   -   1. Effects to reduce electrical conductivity    -   2. Effects to concentrate and subside micro particles forming        colloidal suspension (therefore suppressing the colloidal        suspension and increasing the clearness of water)    -   3. Effect to supper outbreak of algae    -   4. Effect to increase the dissolved oxygen    -   5. Effect to suppress the generation of rust and scale    -   6. Effect to accelerate the growths of water creatures as fishes        and waterweeds

According to these points of views, a magnetization apparatus as shownin FIG. 20 has been developed.

This apparatus 400 has a main body including an inlet 402 of thewater-in and an outlet 403 of the water-out and a strong magnet filledwith neodymium, cobalt, niobium etc. as activated materials.

The water H2O (large) which is led from the water tap to the inlet 402has large cluster. The cluster is de-combined into small clustered waterH2O (small) by an MHD reaction (Magnet Hydro Reaction) of strongmagnetization metals and the cluster of the water becomes small and thewater drained out from the outlet 403.

By using this apparatus, it is possible to de-combine a cluster intosmaller clusters without outer energy supply.

However, the effect to de-combine the cluster of water by activatingthis strong magnetic metal is not sufficient and there is a strongrequirement to further de-combine the clusters.

Moreover, this apparatus makes a contact between the water and the metalthat has strong magnetization. However the direct contact of the metalsto the water generates oxide metals and metal chlorides by the reactionwith the oxygen and salts molten in the water. Then there is a problemthat the oxide metals and metal chlorides are dissolved into water.

Furthermore, another problem is that these metals are expensive and theapparatus becomes expensive as well.

The reference (Japanese Published Patent Application 2001-220306)describes the invention that uses predetermined photosynthetic bacteriaintroduced into the water to be processed and increases the dissolvedoxygen.

The introduction of the predetermined photosynthetic bacteria canactivate the water creatures and reduce BOD/COD of water as well asremove anaerobic bacteria presented in the water.

However, the activation of such bacteria depends on the ambienttemperature and the exposure to the sun shine and is not stable.Therefore, a stable apparatus to produce activated water is difficult asfar as using such bacteria. Also the application of the apparatus islimited due to the use of bacteria.

Therefore the object of the present invention is to provide wateractivation method and water activation apparatus that activate waterwithout supplying external energy or with supplying little externalenergy.

The present inventor has already filed a patent application (JapanesePatent Application; 2001-0271734) that allows the activation ofmaterials by high energy which is generated between particles once theparticles composed of the predetermined metals are formed into anarrangement of the predetermined alignment.

According to this invention, particles composed of a single elementarymaterial selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samariumor fluorocarbon are placed at a position where the wave energy intrinsicto each atom or the fluorocarbon is amplified and the activationstructural body that has a field of concentrated energy generates highenergy. In other words, the invention describes that it is possible toactivate various materials which are passed by and stayed in the fieldof the concentrated energy.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The present invention has been provided on the basis of these knowledgeand findings and the invention has been completed by such a finding thata water activation apparatus which is configured in such a structurethat the activation structural body is placed in a predeterminedposition in a predetermined container can solve the above problem.

The first water activation method according to the present inventionfeatures to increase the quantity of dissolved oxygen in the processedwater as well as (concurrently) activate the water by leading the wateror the aqua media to pass or leaving it to stay in the field which ismade by the energy concentrated fields in the activation structural bodywhich has fields of energy concentration generated between neighboringparticles which are placed at a position where the wave energy intrinsicto each atom or the fluorocarbon of the particles is amplified whereinthe particles are composed of a single elementary material selected froma group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or fluorocarbon.

By using such activation structural body, it is possible to activatewater without externally supplying the energy or with supplying littleenergy.

Since the quantity of the dissolved oxygen is increased in the activatedwater, the activated water is preferably used for various applications.

The second water activation method according to the present inventionfeatures to increase the quantity of dissolved oxygen in the water orthe aqua media by leading the water or the aqua media to pass through orleaving it to stay in the field which is made by the energy concentratedfields in the activation structural body which has fields of energyconcentration generated between neighboring particles which are placedat a position where the wave energy intrinsic to each atom or thefluorocarbon of the particles is amplified wherein the particles arecomposed of a single elementary material selected from a group ofsilicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or fluorocarbon.

It is possible to activate the water by leading the water or aqua mediapassing by the strong energy concentrated fields which are generatedbetween the activated portions constructed by the activation structuralbodies or preferably in the gaps of the activated portions locating atthe tops of the triangles.

This water activation method is effective mainly for refining theclusters of the water.

The first water activation apparatus of the present invention comprisesa water tank to activate water or aqua media and at least one activationpart which is set in the water tank wherein said activation part isconstructed by an activation structural body which has an energyconcentrated field between particles which are composed of a singleelementary material selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickeland samarium or composed of fluorocarbon, of which single elementarymaterial or fluorocarbon is placed at a position where wave energyintrinsic to each atom or said fluorocarbon is amplified.

By using such activation structural body, it is possible to activatewater without externally supplying the energy or with supplying littleenergy.

Since the quantity of the dissolved oxygen is increased in the activatedwater, the activated water is preferably used for various applications.

The second water activation apparatus of the present invention comprisesa housing having a water supply tap and a drain and a water activationpart attached to a circumference of said housing or inserted to said aninside of said housing wherein activation part is constructed by anactivation structural body which has an energy concentrated fieldbetween particles, wherein the activation structural body is made ofparticles composed of a single elementary material selected from a groupof silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed of fluorocarbon,of which single elementary material or fluorocarbon is placed at aposition where wave energy intrinsic to each atom or said fluorocarbonis amplified.

It is possible to activate the water by leading the water or aqua mediapassing by the strong energy concentrated fields which are generatedbetween the activated portions constructed by the activation structuralbodies or preferably in the gaps of the activated portions locating atthe tops of the triangles.

This water activation method is effective mainly for refining theclusters of the water.

The word “activation” implicates to give energy to the processedmaterial such as molecules and atoms. Therefore it implies that the word“activation” implicates to excite molecules and atoms.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective drawing that shows an example of theconfiguration of activation structural body. FIG. 1 (a) is a perspectivedrawing that shows an overall view of the activation structural body.FIG. 1 (b) is a perspective drawing that shows an example of thefundamental configuration shown in FIG. 1 (a) and FIG. 1 (c) is aperspective drawing that shows an overall view of the activationstructural body. FIG. 1 (d) is a perspective drawing that shows anexample of fundamental configuration of activation structural body.

FIGS. 2 (a) and (b) are electron microscopic photos of the shapes ofparticles that construct the activation structural body and the shapesof the particles for comparison.

FIG. 3 is a drawing that shows a preferable structure of the activationstructural body. FIG. 3 (a) is a perspective drawing that shows theoriginal shape before forming the activation structural body into I typestructure. FIG. 3 (b) is a perspective drawing that shows an L-shapedplate construction of the activation structural body. FIG. 3 (c) is aperspective drawing that shows a U-shaped plate construction of theactivation structural body. FIG. 3 (d) is a perspective drawing thatshows an S-shaped plate construction of the activation structural body.

FIGS. 4 (a) and (c) are electron microscopic photos that show the shapeof the particles that construct the activation structural body that isshaped into plate form of the present invention and the shape of theparticles for comparison.

The figures as FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 5 (g) are the perspective drawingsthat show other examples of the shapes of the activation structuralbody.

FIG. 7 is a cross sectional drawing that shows an example of the wateractivation apparatus filled with the activation structural body(fluidized bed construction).

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional drawing that shows an example of the wateractivation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activation apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 10 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 11 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 12 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 13 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 14 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 15 is a perspective drawing that shows an example of method to heatplate-formed activation apparatus (plating).

FIG. 16 is a perspective drawing that shows another example of method toheat plate-formed activation apparatus.

The figures as FIGS. 17 (a) to (d) are drawings that show other examplesof the water activation apparatuses regarding the present invention.FIG. 17 (a) is a perspective drawing that shows an overall view of thewater activation apparatus. The figures as FIG. 17 (b) to (d) are crosssectional drawings that show the examples of filling the activationstructural body.

FIG. 18 is a schematic that show an experiment to analyze the water.

FIG. 19 is a cross sectional drawing that shows the conventionalelectrolytic water. FIG. 19 (a) is a schematic that shows an apparatusto electrolyze the water. FIG. 19 (b) is a schematic that shows anexample of the apparatuses to produce alkali ion water. FIG. 19 (c) is aschematic that shows an example of the apparatuses to produce strongacid water.

FIG. 20 is a cross sectional drawing that shows an example ofconventional apparatuses that magnetically process the water.

FIG. 21 is ultra-violet spectra that show the results of wateractivation done by the apparatus shown in FIG. 17.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The implementations of the present invention will be discussed.

(Activation Structural Body)

To begin with, the fundamental composition of the activation structuralbody will be explained by using FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

(Composing Elements)

The activation structural body according to the present inventioncomprises a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium. Theselection of these elementary materials has been done in repeatedexperimental works that the inventor did. Silicon, titanium and nickelare metal elements which have the outermost core electron obits (M, N)and even number of the revolution electron number and hardly react withoxygen. Samarium is a rear earth element that has the outermost coreelectron obits (M, N) and even number (2) of the revolution electronnumber and hardly reacts with oxygen. Nickel and Samarium feature tohave strong magnetization.

The activation structural body of the present invention uses a singleelement among these elementary materials and the purity of the elementsis appropriately selected with depending on the kind and the degree ofactivation of the elements to be used. For example, in the case whenhydrogen and oxygen are generated by activating water using theactivation structural body for which silicon is used, the purity ofsilicon may be more that 90% and preferably 95%. The more the purity is,the more preferable the effect is obtained. Titanium, nickel andsamarium, that is, the other atomic element which can compose theactivation structural body of the present invention, are preferred tohave the same degrees of purities. In addition, the activationstructural body of the present invention is generally composed of asingle elementary material as silicon only, but the activationstructural body of the present invention can be composed of combiningseveral single elements.

For the activation structural body regarding the present invention, theabove elements are granulated and the resultant particles are used forthe activation structural body itself. It is preferred the particles mayhave a shape of a globe especially a pearl and the diameter may be inthe range 5 micrometers to 80 micrometers in the aspects of the ease oflocating in a predetermined place and the ease of composing theparticles. It is relatively difficult to produce the particles in adiameter which is less than 5 micrometers and it is relatively difficultto pass the material through the space between the particles. The spaceis the energy concentrated field as described later. When the diameterof the particles is larger than 80 micrometers, no sufficient energy isgenerated between the particles which are placed in. Generally it isdifficult to generate the energy of the present invention that activatesthe materials.

It is preferred the grain size distribution of the particles is narrowedas much as possible. More specifically, according to the repeatedpreliminary experiments, it has been found a remarkable effect isobtained when the deviation of the grain size is within ±15 micrometers(namely the difference of the large particle and the small particle is30 micrometers).

The method to granulate in such a shape from the specific element of theactivation structural body of the present invention is not specificallylimited but may be the method for the particle composing, which isgenerally known in the fields of catalyst manufacturing. For the reasonof ease of manufacturing and the capability of better uniformity of theparticle shape, the method of gas atomizing is preferred. However, theactivation structural body of the present invention is not confined inthe particles produced by the method of gas atomizing as far as theabove shape of particles. For example, the conventional methods assol-gel method may be preferably used and the jet crusher may producethe above globe particles. The jet crusher is appropriately used toproduce various kinds of particles used for the activation structuralbody of the present invention since the jet crusher is the generalproduction method to produce the catalyst particle as well as the gasatomizing method.

As shown in FIG. 1, the particle P which is composed of the elementarymaterial selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samariumis place in the location to increase the wave energy.

In other words, these elementary materials that are composed into theactivation structural body of the present invention have the intrinsicfrequency when they are ionized as shown in the table 1 from theequation given by E=hν (where E is the ionization energy (eV) of eachelementary material, h is Plank constant and ν is the frequency) andthese elementary materials oscillate the electromagnetic vibration.These electromagnetic oscillations have predetermined perturbations andtherefore it is expected the activation structural body of the presentinvention has an intrinsic vibration in the nominal state. By allocatingthe particles P to the place in order to effectively give the intrinsicvibration to each of these elementary materials, it is expected that thevibration energy is given to the materials that pass through or stay inthe gap S formed between the particle and the materials are activated.TABLE 1 Atom Ionization Energy (eV) Frequency (×10¹⁵ Hz) Si  8.144 1.971Ni 7.63 1.846 Ti 6.82 1.649 Sm 5.63 1.361

As it has not been well analyzed, but the present inventor has foundfluorocarbon has the similar effect as a metal selected from the groupof silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium by repeated experiments.Therefore, it is concluded the activation structural body includes theparticles which are composed of the fluorocarbon.

The above effect of the activation structural body of the presentinvention has been identified by repeated experiments based on the abovephenomenological and theoretical studies as have been discussed. It hasbeen found a high activation is obtained by placing the particles in thevertexes of a triangle preferably an equilateral triangle, for example,as shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the particles are practically maintained inuniform grain sizes (pearl shapes in identically same diameters).Namely, when a material passes through or stays in the gap S (an energyconcentrated field) between particles P which are composed of thespecific elementary materials, the intrinsic vibration, and perturbationetc. of the activation structural body of the present invention giveshigh energy to the material.

The activation structural body of the present invention places theparticles which are composed of the predetermined elementary materialsat the location of the activation structural body. In addition, theparticles are not necessary to become complete globe shapes in thepractical cases and the grain sizes of the particles are not uniformlysame and therefore it is difficult to place the particles at thevertexes of the equilateral triangles. The expression used in thepresent invention as, “to place the particles at the vertexes of theequilateral triangles”, implies to include non-idealistic cases asdescribed above as the practical case. The particles are practicallyplaced as shown in FIG. 2 (a) which is a reference figure. The particlesP shown in FIG. 2 (a) are produced by gas atomizing method, filtrated bya mesh with 52 micrometers and then placed after collecting theparticles (with uniformly same diameters).

As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the triangle space formed by the gap S which issurrounded by the particles has vertexes of which angles are formed bythe tangential lines to the particles and are necessary to be less than90 degrees, preferably 39 to 70.5 degrees and idealistically 60 degrees.

As shown in FIG. 1 (d), it has been found the highest activation isobtained when the particle of the present invention is placed in thevertex of the regular tetrahedron. Namely, when a material passesthrough or stays in the gap S (an energy concentrated field) betweenparticles P which are composed of the specific elementary materials, theintrinsic vibration and the perturbation etc. of the activationstructural body of the present invention gives high energy to thematerial through the topology of the regular tetrahedron rather than theequilateral triangle. As same as the equilateral triangle construction,the particles composed of the predetermined elementary materials areplaced in such the location. In addition, the particles are notnecessary to become complete globe shapes in the practical cases and thegrain sizes of the particles are not uniformly same and therefore it isdifficult to place the particles at the vertexes of the regulartetrahedron.

Accordingly, the expression used in the present invention as, “to placethe particles at the vertexes of the regular tetrahedron”, implies toinclude non-idealistic cases as described above as the practical case.The particles are practically placed as shown in FIG. 2 (a) which is areference figure. The particles P shown in FIG. 2 (a) are produced bygas atomizing method, filtrated by a mesh with 52 micrometers and thenplaced after collecting the particles (with uniformly same diameters).

In analogy to the configuration that the particles are placed at thevertexes of the equilateral triangles, the triangles that construct aregular tetrahedron has the triangle space formed by the gap S which issurrounded by the particles has vertexes of which angles are formed bythe tangential lines to the particles and are necessary to be less than90 degrees, preferably 39 to 70.5 degrees and idealistically 60 degrees.

The position where the wave energy is amplified is not limited to thevertexes of the regular tetrahedrons as far as the intrinsic vibrationand the perturbation etc. of the activation structural body of thepresent invention gives high energy to the material when a materialpasses through or stays in the gap S (an energy concentrated field)between particles P which are composed of the specific elementarymaterials. In other words, when the particles which have an irregularshape, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 (b) are placed at random, theintrinsic vibrations to each elementary material are mutually cancelledand it becomes difficult that the high energy field is generated in thegaps between two particles and no water activation is generated. Theparticles P shown in FIG. 2 (a) are produced by gas atomizing method,filtrated by a mesh with 52 micrometers and then placed after collectingthe particles (with uniformly same diameters).

(Plate Activation Structural Body)

A plate activation structural body is used for a preferredimplementation of the present invention. The plate activation structuralbody is explained by using FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.

(Composition of Plate Activation Structural Body)

The present activation structural body is provided by forming the aboveparticles into the plate activation structural body by means ofpressing, sintering etc. Namely, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), the particles Pwhich are composed of a single elementary material selected from a groupof silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or fluorocarbon are placed atS, typically at vertexes of equilateral triangles or the vertexes of theregular tetrahedrons, where the wave energy intrinsic to each atom orthe fluorocarbon of the particles is amplified.

In response to the structure of the water activation apparatus which isconstructed with the plate activation structural body, the plateactivation structural body is formed into an L type as shown in FIG. 3(b), a U type as shown in FIG. 3 (c) and an S type as shown in FIG. 3(d). The plate activation structural body in this invention does notimply the strict shapes but fabrication of the activation structuralbody with a predetermined thickness, width and length. The terminologies“an L type”, “a U type” and “an S type” are not necessary to be strictshapes as “an L type”, “a U type” and “an S type”. For example, theplate activation structural body of “a U type” can be in a shape ofthree planar plates which are combined in right angles without anycurved surfaces.

The plate activation structural body of the present invention formslarge amount of the gap S which is the field of energy concentrationbetween the particles P (the preferable shape of the gap is not shownsince it is same as the particles for the above activation structuralbody). In other words, even being formed into the plate shapes, the sameactivation effect of the materials is obtained as far as the particles Pwhich are composed of a single elementary material selected from a groupof silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or fluorocarbon are placed atthe position where the wave energy intrinsic to each atom or thefluorocarbon of the particles is amplified.

However, the above particles are placed in out of the range specified inthe present invention, that is, in random, the activation effects of theactivation structural body of the present invention is not obtained eventhere is a certain gaps between two particles.

Various physical dimension of the plate activation structural body ofthe present invention is used for the application. In order toeffectively lead (for passing through or staying in) the water or theaqua media into the energy concentrated field, the thickness of theplate should be 350 to 1500 micrometers and preferably 500 to 1000micrometers (so that the particles that compose the activationstructural body of the present invention have 5 to 15 layers in thethickness). When the plate thickness is less than the above range, theplate activation structural body of the present invention becomesfragile and the handling needs much cares. When the plate thickness ismore than the above range, the water or the aqua media cannot be led tothe energy concentrated field in the plate activation structural body.

It is preferred that the porosity is the rage of 45 to 60% as the totalstructure, especially about 50%. When the plate activation structuralbody which has the porosity of above range is used, the water or theaqua media can be led into the energy concentrated field and beprocessed therein. When the porosity of the activation structural bodyis larger than the above range, high pressure is necessary to processthe water or the aqua media, there is possibility that the plateactivation structural body is broken or the foreign materials in thewater or the aqua media are jammed in the energy concentrated fields.Reversely, when the porosity of the plate activation structural body issmaller than the above range, the time for the water or the aqua mediapass through or stays in the energy concentrated fields is notsufficiently obtained neither the activation is. The most preferableporosity of the plate activation structural body is about 50%.

(Activation Structural Body with the Other Shapes)

In the other preferable implementations of the present invention, theactivation structural body of the present invention can use variousshapes other than plate activation structural body as explained above.As for these plate activation structural bodies, we will explain thedetails by using FIG. 5 and FIG. 6.

The plate activation structural bodies of the present invention can beformed in various shapes as shown in the figures other than the plateactivation structural bodies as explained above. For example, a starshape (as Portugal “confeito”) (FIG. 5 (a)), a disc shape (FIG. 5 (d)),a plate shape with at least one hole (FIG. 5 (c)), a globe shape (FIG. 5(d)), spheroid shape (FIG. 5 (e)), a gourd shape (FIG. 5 (f)), a honeycomb shape (FIG. 5 (g)) etc. are possible to be adopted. In other words,the activation structural bodies of the present invention is formed intothe similar shapes and physical dimensions of the conventional catalystas shown in FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 5 (g), and then it is possible to treatin the similar way as the conventional catalyst particles. Also it ispossible to exploit the reactor apparatus using the conventionalcatalysts to the water activation apparatus using the activationstructural body of the present invention.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6 (a) to FIG. 6 (f), the activationstructural body (activation structure) of the present invention as shownfor example in FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 5 (f) can be formed on the materialsthat are less reactive to the particles regarding the present inventionor the metals that have high specific heat, wherein the materials andthe metals are shown in the hatched portions in FIG. 6 (a) to FIG. 6(f). In this forming, it is possible to manufacture the activationstructural body in low cost or to effectively ease the thermal exchangebetween the activation structural body and the water or the aqua mediawhen the high thermal conduction metals are used.

The methods as coating the activation structural body of the presentinvention onto the cores are realized by the conventionally knownmethods such as dip and dry method and spray and dry method.

(Manufacturing of Activation Structural Body)

The manufacturing methods of the activation structural body and plateactivation structural body will be explained as follows.

(Manufacturing of Particles: Step a)

To begin with, the particles made of fluorocarbon or the predeterminedelementary material which is the fundamental compound of the activationstructural body will be explained. The forming method of the particlesis as follows.

For example, the particles are formed into a globe shape, especially ina shape of pearls by using well-known methods in the catalyst such asgas atomizing method, sol-gel method, jet mill crushing method, etc.

(Anti-Electrostatic Process: Step b)

In the next step, the particles manufactured in the above step areprocessed to have anti-electrostatic properties for the purpose of easyplacement of the particles amongst their alignments. The manufacturedparticles may not be placed at the predetermined positions due to theattraction forces or the repulsion forces generated by theelectrostatic. The anti-electrostatic process is carried out by givingboth positive ions and negative ions to the particles.

(Sinter Process: Step c)

The particles made of the predetermined elementary materials as chargedas above or the particles composed of hydrogen fluoride are placed asshown in FIG. 1 (a) and are sintered in a predetermined shape. Thesintering conditions are that the temperature is below the melting pointtemperature and sinter forming temperature (for example, 1200 to 1300deg. C when silicon is used) of the elementary atom or fluorocarbon thatgranulates to be used and the time is 2.5 to 3.5 hours, sinter pressureis 12 to 25 MPa (the forming is carried out by CIP (Cold IsostaticPress) since fluorocarbon is not directly sintered). In this sintercondition, the plate activation structural body of the present inventionas shown in FIG. 3 which has the alignment as shown in FIG. 1 (b). It ispossible to obtain the activation structural body that has structures asshown in FIG. 5 other than the plate shapes of the present invention.

It is a feature that no binder is used in the sinter forming, which isdifferent from the conventional sinter process. In other words, by thesinter process using the conventional binder, the activation structuralbody or the activation structure of the present invention is hardlyproduced wherein the uniform energy concentration is maintained sincethe impurity derived from the binder is attached to the surface of theparticles and the activation of the particles may be lost. Of cause, ifthe space between the particles of the present invention can be placedand the attachment of the impurity to the particle surface is prevented,it is possible to carry out the sinter forming with the binder and themanufacturing method of the present invention is not restricted by usingor not using the binder. The sinter temperature when the binder is usedis higher than the decomposing temperature of the binder.

The water activation process and the water activation apparatus will beexplained as follow.

(Water Activation (Excitation))

It is possible to activate water and aqua media by using the activationstructural body. The word “aqua medium” implies the water that includeswater solvable or mixable materials as electrolyte materials as sodiumchloride, the polar solvent such as low-rank alcohol, aqua mediaincluding sugars and glycogenic material as various other materials thansugars, lactiferous liquid and the suspension water. The effluent andother exhaust water are included in “aqua medium”.

The water or the water medium is particularly selected and it isactivated by the activation structural body of the present invention anda mixed gas including hydrogen gas, oxygen gas and nitrogen gas. Themixed gas including oxygen and nitrogen is obtained by segregatinghydrogen gas from the mixed gas obtained in this activation. Therefore,it is possible to produce air by processing water or water medium withthe activation structural body

The water activation method of the present invention is classified into(1) a method to lead the water or the water medium passing through andstaying in the energy concentrated field in the activation structuralbody of the present invention and (2) a method to lead the water or thewater medium passing through and staying in the gaps in the activationportion which is constructed by the activation structural body of thepresent invention. The method (1) is effective to increase the quantityof dissolved oxygen in the water at the same time to prepare theelectrolytic water and the method (2) is effective to refine the clusterof the water. Of cause, the combination of the methods (1) and (2)covers the technical range or scope of the present invention.

Water Activation (1):

(Preparatory Process: Removing Foreign Materials and Heating etc.)

To begin with, when the foreign materials are presented in the water orthe aqua media that may clog the energy concentrated field in theactivation structural body of the present invention, it is preferredthat the water or the aqua media are led to pass through the activationstructural body of the present invention after the foreign materials(for example, sands, micro particles presented in the brine when thebrine is used) are removed by being aggregated, precipitated orfiltrated. According to the requirement, the water or the aqua media canbe led to pass through the activation structure of the presentinvention.

After above process, the water or the aqua media are effectively used asthe water that is the conventional electrolytic water (alkali ion wateror strong acid water) or the conventional water which is increased withthe quantity of dissolved oxygen.

Moreover, being different from the conventional technology, it ispossible to increase the quantity of dissolved oxygen without usingmicroorganism as well as to prepare the electrolytic water with lessenergy than the electrolysis.

Water Activation (2):

It is possible to refine the cluster of the water by leading the wateror the aqua media to pass through the gaps formed by the activationportion preferably placed in the convexes of the triangles.

The water which is experienced with the cluster refinement can beeffectively used as well as the conventional water which is magnetized.For this process, being different from the case when the apparatus shownin the conventional technology is used, it is possible to decompose thecluster of water without direct contact to the magnetic metals. It isfurther possible to effectively refine the cluster of water by modifyingthe placement of the activation structural body.

(Water Activation Apparatus (1): Examples of Particle ActivationStructural Body and Particle Activation Structure)

Preparing the fluidized bed construction generally used in theconventional catalyst fields or the reactor R which has the fluidizedbed construction with the activation structure P in a container that hasinlet (in) and outlet (out) as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible toactivate the water or the aqua media by leading it to pass through orstay therein. Therefore in the water activation apparatus of the presentinvention, it is possible to place the particle in a way of dynamicallychanging.

When the water activation apparatus of the present invention isconstructed with the fluidized bed construction, the fluidized bedgenerates turbulent flow in the water and the aqua medium as thefluidized bed functions as a turbulent flow mechanism. When the wateractivation apparatus is constructed with the fixed bed construction, aturbulent generation mechanism (not shown in the figures) is prepared.As the result, the contact areas of the particle activation structuralbody or the activation structure as shown in FIG. 5 (a) to (f) againstthe water or the aqua media increase. In other words, the possibility(possibility) that the water or the aqua media pass through or stays inthe energy concentrated field of the particle activation structural bodyor the possibility (probability) that the water or the aqua media passthrough the energy concentrated field of the particle activationstructural body becomes high and therefore the effective activation ofthe water or the aqua media become possible.

As being well-known in this technical field, it is in the scope of thepresent invention that the water or the aqua media are pre-activated bythe activation structure as shown in FIG. 5 (a) to (f) as thepreparatory process and then the water or the aqua media are activatedby the activation structure as shown in FIG. 5 (a) to (f) as the mainprocess.

(Water Activation Apparatus (1): a Planar Activation Structure)

In a specific implementation of execution of the present invention, thewater activation apparatus regarding the present invention has aconstruction such that a planar activation structure is set in a watertank.

The embodiments of these implementations are explained with FIG. 8 toFIG. 14 as follows.

The figurers as FIG. 8 to FIG. 14 show cross sectional views ofapparatuses that activate water or aqua media with a preliminary thermalheating means.

As shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. 14, the water activation apparatus of thepresent invention is mainly constructed with the water tank 2 that has aplanar activation structural body I and processes water or aqua media.

The water activation apparatus shown in FIG. 8 is an activationapparatus with a fundamental construction design that processes water oraqua media. The water activation apparatus shown in FIG. 8 (a) is anembodiment that has a planar activation structural body set verticallyin the water tank 2 and the water activation apparatus shown in FIG.8(b) is another embodiment of the present invention that has a planaractivation structural body is set to separate the water tank 2 in theupper portion and the lower portion. The water activation apparatuses asshown in FIG. 8 (a) and FIG. 8 (b) are the apparatuses that are designedunder assuming gaseous generation in activating mainly water or aquamedia therein.

In the water activation apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. 8 (a), the planaractivation structural body is set in such an arrangement that thelongitudinal direction of the cross section of the planar activationapparatus is vertically placed. Water or aqua media are activated byleading them passing through or staying in the energy concentrated fieldunder the water activation apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 8 (a). On the otherhand, in the water activation apparatus 1 a as shown in FIG. 8 (b), theplanar activation structural body is set in such an arrangement thatwater or aqua media pass the in the inner and the longitudinal directionof the cross section of the planar activation apparatus. Water or aquamedia are activated by leading them to pass through or stay in theenergy concentrated field under the water activation apparatus shown inFIG. 8 (b).

The water activation apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. 8 (a) has aconstruction such that the plural planar activation structural bodies I(I type) are placed in parallel in a water tank 2. The water tank 2 hasa gas outlet 3 in order to purge the gases generated in the activationprocess of water or aqua media. The generated gasses have been analyzedand it has been found that the gases include large extent of hydrogen,oxygen and nitrogen gasses. When the planar activation structural bodyactivates water to be used at the energy concentrated field into whichthe water is led. The generated gases do not stay at the energyconcentrated field but suspended up ward as a state of gaseous bubbles.The rising of the gaseous bubbles generated at the energy concentratedfield generated convection of water or aqua media as shown by the arrowsin FIG. 8 (a). According to such convention generation of water or aquamedia, the gaseous bubbles purged when water or aqua media are activatedby the planar activation structural body I do not stay in the energyconcentrated field for long time but quickly float up to the surface ofwater or aqua media.

As have been explaining above, the construction such that the activationstructural body is placed along the longitudinal cross section of theplanar activation structural body can effectively activate water or aquamedia by leading water or aqua media passing through or staying in theenergy concentrated fields of the activation structural body.

On the other hand, the water activation apparatus 1 a as shown in FIG. 8(b) has a construction such that the water tank 2 is separated into upand downward directions by the planar activation structural body.

In order to separate the water tank 2 into upward and downwarddirections, it is the simplest construction to separate the water tank 2by a planar activation structural body I set in parallel to the bottomof the water tank 2 (not shown in the figures). The construction suchthat the planar activation structural body is vertically set against thewater tank 2 as well as the water tank 2 is separated into upward anddownward directions against the planar activation structural body ispreferred in the view of the convection of water and aqua media.

The water activation apparatus 1 a shown in FIG. 8 (b) has theconstruction such that the planar activation structural body isvertically set against the water tank 2 as well as the water tank 2 isseparated in upward and downward directions against the planaractivation structural body. That is, the construction is that thehorizontal plane of the water tank is cut-off by the combination of anS-shaped planar activation structural body S or an I-shaped planaractivation structural body I, an L-shaped planar activation structuralbody L or a U-shaped planar activation structural body U (the activationapparatus is generically named as activation structural body S).

The water activation apparatus 1 a constructed in such a construction asshown in FIG. 8 (b) generates gases by activating the water that invadesinto the energy concentrated field at the activation structural body Sin the case when the gases including hydrogen are generated byactivating, for example, water using the energy concentrated field. Thegenerated gases do not stay in the energy concentrated field but riseupward as gaseous bubbles. The rising of the gaseous bubbles generatedat the energy concentrated field generates convection of water or aquamedia as shown by the arrows in FIG. 8 (b).

Since the activation structural body S separates the water tank 2 inupward and downward directions in a horizontal plane, the gaseousbubbles generated by the water activation pass the activation structuralbody S and rise to float. In such a construction of the apparatus, theprobability of the water or aqua media to invade into the energyconcentrated fields and the activation rate (reaction rate) increases insuch reason.

The preferred implementation of the water activation apparatus that hassuch a fundamental construction will be explained by using FIG. 8 toFIG. 16. In the explanation of the following application, the commonexplanation covering the water activation apparatus 1 of whichconstruction is shown in FIG. 8 (a) and the water activation apparatus 1a of which construction is shown in FIG. 8 (b) is given by explainingthe water activation apparatus 1 of which construction is shown in FIG.8 (a) and the water activation apparatus 1 a of which construction isshown in FIG. 8 (b) is cancelled.

The water activation apparatus 1 c as shown in FIG. 9 is a wateractivation apparatus that has a construction to generate a convection ofwater or aqua media by heating the water or the aqua media. The wateractivation apparatus 1 c is applicable to the water activation apparatus1 which has an arrangement that the activation structural body is set inthe cross sectional length direction planar activation structural body Ishown in FIG. 8 (a) and the water activation apparatus 1 a whichactivates the materials by leading the water or aqua media to passthrough the activation structural body.

The water activation apparatus 1 c as shown in FIG. 9 comprises pluralplanar activation structural bodies I in parallel and the water tank 2which has heating means separately set between the planar activationstructural bodies I. The quantities of the planar activation structuralbodies I and heating means are not specifically limited but preferablyselected to meet the requirements by the kinds of water or aqua mediaand the capacity of the water tank 2.

In this construction, the radiation heat emitted from the heating means4 as the heating element propagates to the water or the aqua media whichis a fluid approximate to the heating element and then the convection ofwater or aqua media is generated. When convection is generated in thewater or the aqua media, the probability that the water or the aquamedia pass through the energy concentrated fields (not shown in thefigures) increases and the activation of the water or the aqua media isaccelerated.

The example of heating by the planar activation structural body is shownin FIG. 15 and FIG. 16.

That is, FIG. 15 is a perspective schematic that shows an example ofmethods to directly heat the planar heating structure. FIG. 6 is anotherperspective schematic that shows another example of methods to directlyheat the planar heating structure.

The heating means 4 that heats the planar activation structural body asshown in FIG. 15 is constructed in such a way that the planar activationstructural body I is heated by applying voltage of the voltage supply Sthrough the conductive cable to the planar activation structural body Iwhich is plated with hetero conductive metals.

The thickness of the plated hetero conductive metals is selected not toblock the operation of the activation. structural body, such as 3 to 5micro meters. The partial plating is effective for heating.

The heating means 4 as shown in FIG. 9 may be attached to all of fiveplanar activation structural bodies as shown in FIG. 9. It can bepossible that the heating means is placed in a part of the activationstructural body or in every 2 peaces of the planar activation structuralbodies. In a case when the heating means 4 as shown in FIG. 15 isapplied to the plural planar activation structural bodies I, all of theplanar activation structural bodies are connected in parallel or inserial by conductive cables and a single power supplier or pluralseparated power suppliers are used to apply voltage.

In this construction, it is possible to freely control the heat value ofthe planar activation structural body I. Since the convection of wateror aqua media can be controlled by freely changing the heat value, it ispossible to control the activation rate of material. The control of theactivation rate of the material by this method is easier in comparisonwith the water activation apparatus 1 and activation apparatus 1 a whichnaturally generate convection as shown in FIG. 8.

The heating means 4 shown in FIG. 16 has a construction such that aheating element HE is set between the planar activation structuralbodies I.

The heating element HE is necessary to be porous in order to effectivelylead the water or the aqua media to the energy concentrated fields. Itis possible to select such porous heating elements HE can be selectedfrom the well-know products.

Since the convection of water or aqua media is possible by controllingthe heating value of the heating elements, it is possible to control theactivation rate of materials. The control of the activation rate ofmaterials is easier in comparison to the water activation apparatus 1and water activation apparatus 1 a as shown in FIG. 8.

The heating means 4 as shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 can obtain thesimilar effect by applying the similar construction to the planaractivation structural body set in the vertical direction of the planaractivation structural body S in the activation apparatus 1 a as shown inFIG. 8 (b).

APPLICATION EXAMPLE 2 Indirect Heating of the Activation Structural Body

The water activation apparatus as shown in FIG. 10 comprises the watertank 2 in which a planar activation structural body I (S) is placed andthe heating means 4 to externally heat the water or the aqua media inthe tank 2.

The water activation apparatus 1 d as shown in FIG. 10 (a) is an exampleof the construction such that the heating means 4 is attached to thewater tank 4. For example, it may be possible to attach the heatingmeans 4 to the side walls of the water tank 2 or to attach the heatingmeans in a way to cover all surface of the water tank 2. The wateractivation apparatus 1 e has a construction to mold the external heatingdevice as heating means 4 with the water tank 2 into a single body. Thisconstruction is similar to the construction such that a gas burner heatswater in a bath tub.

Being different from the water activation apparatus 1 c directly heatingthe planar activation structural body as shown in FIG. 9, the wateractivation apparatuses 1 d and 1 e as shown in FIG. 10 use the method toindirectly heat the planar activation structural body I. Due to thisconstruction, the convection of water or aqua media is generated in thewater tank 2 as similar to the water activation apparatus 1 c shown inFIG. 9. The probability that the water or the aqua media pass throughthe energy concentrated fields (not shown in the figures) increases andthe activation of the water or the aqua media is accelerated.

Since it is possible to control the convection of the water or the aquamedia by controlling the heat value of the heating elements, it ispossible to control the activation rate easy as similar to the exampleshown in FIG. 9.

The water activation apparatus 1 f as shown in FIG. 11 is a wateractivation apparatus that has a construction to control the relativeheight of the surface level of water or aqua media. By controlling therelative height of the surface level of water or aqua media, the contactarea of the planar activation structural body I with the water or theaqua media can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to adjust theactivation rate by changing the reactive volume.

The apparatuses of this sort of activation apparatus can have two typesof constructions. The first type is the water activation apparatus 1 fas shown in FIG. 11 (a), which has such a construction that the externaltank 5 and the water tank 2 are molded into a single unit and thesurface level of the water or the aqua media is changed thereby. In thewater activation apparatus 1 f as shown in FIG. 11 (a), the externaltank 5 changes the liquid quantity (volume) in the objective water tank2 by a liquid quantity adjustment means (a liquid quantity valve etc.)which is not shown in the figures. By this means, the contact areabetween the planar activation structural body I and water and aqua mediachange in accordance with the liquid quantity. In other words, thevolume of the planar activation structural body I soaked in the water orthe aqua media changes. The absolute volume of the water or the aquamedia invading to the energy concentrated fields of the activationstructural body I change in the absolute volume.

The second type is the water activation apparatus as shown in FIG. 11(b), wherein the planar activation structural body I is vertically (inthe direction of the height) moved by a vertical moving means 5 thatlifts thereof.

The water activation apparatus 1 e as shown in FIG. 11 (b) is, differentfrom the water activation apparatus 11 f shown in FIG. 11 (a) that has aconstruction to change the volume of water or aqua media, changes thecontact area between the planar activation structural body I and thewater or the aqua media, wherein the construction is made in such a wayto control the reaction volume of materials by the change of the contactarea between the planar structure I and the liquid that is the water orthe aqua media as well as the water activation apparatus 11 f as shownin FIG. 11 (a).

As shown in FIG. 11 (a) and FIG. 11 (b), the construction that changesthe mutual contact area between the planar activation structural body Iand water or aqua media has an advantage to stop the activation of thewater and the aqua media by completely cease to contact of the planaractivation structural body I and the water or the aqua media.

The water activation apparatuses 1 h to 1 j as shown in FIG. 12 to FIG.13 (b) force to circulate water or aqua media by circulation means thatcirculates the water or the aqua media.

The water activation apparatus 1 h as shown in FIG. 12 has aconstruction that has an additional circulation means to the wall sideof the water tank 2 of the present water activation apparatus as shownin FIG. 8.

The water activation apparatus 1 h as shown in FIG. 12 is an examplethat constructs the circulation means with a circulation pump 7P, aninlet 7in for the water and the aqua media and an outlet 7out for thewater and aqua media. In this construction, the water or the aqua mediacoming into the inlet 7in which locates in the lower position on thewall of the water tank 2 is pumped out to the outlet 7out which locatesin the upper position on the wall of the water tank 2 with apredetermined flow rate.

The flow of the water or the aqua media by using the circulation meansgenerates the forced convection of the water or the aqua media. Sincethe degree of the convection can be adjusted by the circulation pump 7P,the activation rate of the water or the aqua media can be adjustedaccording to the requirements.

The water activation apparatus as shown in FIG. 13 (a) and FIG. 13 (b)has a construction such that the pump 7P that is a circulation means isinstalled in the bottom of the water tank 2. An outlet 7out for thewater or the aqua media is made in the bottom of the water tank 2 in thewater activation apparatus 1 i as shown in FIG. 13 (a) and an outlet7out for a drain of the water or the aqua media is made in the wall ofupper position of the water tank 2 in the water activation apparatus 1 ias shown in FIG. 13 (b).

As shown in FIG. 13 (a), a pump 7P is installed in the center of thebottom of the water tank 2 and plural outlets 7out are made around thepump 7P in the water activation apparatus 1 i. The water or the aquamedia pumped out by the pump 7P is diffused in the water tank 2 in thisconstruction.

The water activation apparatus 1 j as shown in FIG. 13 (b) has a pump 7Pin the center of the bottom of the water tank 2 and at least one outlet7out of water and aqua media in the higher position than that of theboundary surface of the water or the aqua media. Therefore, the water orthe aqua media pumped out to the upper boundary of the water or the aquamedia by the pump 7P overflows into the outlet 7out and flows out fromthe water tank 2. In this construction, the water or the aqua mediapumped out by the pump 7P is homogenously diffused in the water tank 2of the water activation apparatus 1 j as well as the water activationapparatus 1 i shown in FIG. 13 (a).

The water activation apparatuses 1 i and 1 j that have a pump 7P as acirculation means in the bottom of the water tank 2 as shown in FIG. 13(a) and FIG. 13 (b) cannot only increase but also adjust the activationrate of the water or the aqua media.

It is preferred that the water activation apparatuses 1 i and 1 j thathave a pump 7P as a circulation means in the bottom of the water tank 2as shown in FIG. 13 (a) and FIG. 13 (b) is applied to the wateractivation apparatus 1 a of which fundamental construction is shown inFIG. 8 (b) wherein the water or the aqua media are activated by passingacross the inside of the activation structural body S.

The water activation apparatus 1 k as shown in FIG. 14 has oscillators 8in parallel to the vertical direction of the planar activationstructural body I (the planar activation structural body S).

It is possible to effectively lead the materials included in the insideof or in proximity to the planar activation structural body I to theenergy concentrated fields and therefore it is possible to activatewater or aqua media in high efficiency by applying the vibration to theplanar activation structural body I by means of the oscillator 8installed therein. Especially, the water or the aqua media stayinginside of the planar activation structural body I particularly thegaseous bubbles generated in the process can be purged therefrom.

As have been explaining the water activation apparatuses by using FIG. 8to FIG. 14, the combination of the technologies disclosed in theexplanations covers the scope of the present invention. For example, thewater activation apparatus that has the fundamental construction asshown in FIG. 8 can have heating means 4 and the circulation means.

It is possible that the activation structural body that haspredetermined shapes or particles as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 is setin lower position or the upper position of the water tank 2 as afluidized bed construction.

Since water can be activated without applying electricity to the anodesand cathodes as seen in the conventional technologies, the energyconsumption is quite low. It is also possible to prepare theelectrolytic water by a simple construction such that the activationstructural body of the present invention is merely set.

The electrolytic water prepared by using the water activation apparatusof the present invention can be used for various applications as well asthe conventional technologies.

(Water Activation Apparatus (2): Decomposing Clusters)

As another implementation of the present invention, a water activationapparatus wherein water or aqua media are led to pass through the gapbetween two activation structural bodies is provided. This wateractivation apparatus is mainly the device to refine clusters of water.

FIG. 17 (a) is a perspective schematic that shows an example of thewater activation apparatus regarding the present invention. Theschematics of FIG. 17 (b) to FIG. 17 (d) show the cross sectional viewsafter cutting by the surface A-A.

According to FIG. 17 (a), the water activation apparatus in thisimplementation is constructed with the activation apparatus unit 21 thathas the inlet in and the outlet out of water. An activation part 22comprising at least one of the activation structural bodies is attachedto the outer surface of the activation apparatus unit 21.

This activation part 22 can have various forms as shown in FIG. 17 (b)to (d). In other words, the activation structural bodies (particles,activation structures or planar activation structural bodies) may coverall outer surface of the activation apparatus unit 21 as shown in FIG.17 (b) or a part of all outer surface of the activation apparatus unitas shown in FIG. 17 (c) or the planar activation structural bodies maybe placed on the outer surface of the activation unit with an intervalas shown in FIG. 17 (d). When the planar activation structural bodies isplaced in this interval, each activation structural body can constructan equilateral triangle in the cross sectional view.

The activation part 22 may be formed to cover the whole surface in thelateral direction of the apparatus unit or may be formed from the pluralactivation parts 22 as shown by FIG. 17 (a). Since it is possible torefine the clusters of water without the contact between water andmagnetic metals as seen in the conventional examples by thisconstruction, the metal oxides or metal chlorides derived from themagnetic metals is not dissolved into water.

Since the activation parts composed with the activation structuralbodies are placed outside, the maintenance is easy.

As have been describing, the activation structural bodies can be usedfor activation of various materials and it is possible to manufacturethe devices that activate various materials by using simpleconstruction. Therefore the water activation apparatus by using thisactivation structural body is usable for activating various materialswithout consuming large amount of energy.

EMBODIMENTS

The details of the present invention will be explained with pluralembodiments, however the present invention is not confined into theseembodiments.

Embodiment 1 EXAMPLE OF COMPARISON 1

(Manufacturing of Activation Structural Body: Particles)

The particle Si in a globe shape 5-80 micrometers (Max 150 (a)) wasproduced by gas atomizing method and the activation structural bodies(P1) were manufactured by arranging as shown in FIG. 1 (c) in a 300 ccErlenmeyer flask.

Pouring 300 cc water (at 50 degree C.) into the Erlenmeyer flask inwhich the activation structural bodies were manufactured and leaving itin this temperature for an hour, the gas generation and the change ofthe quantity of dissolved oxygen were observed.

As an example for comparison, the particle of Si shown in FIG. 2 (b) wasused (compared structural system (PC1)). The evaluation of gaseousgeneration was done with three categories such as; much generation as“**”, generation as “*” and no generation as “X”. The evaluation ofquantity of dissolved oxygen was done with three categories as very muchincreasing in comparison to the quantities before processing as “**”,slightly increasing as “*” and no change as “X”. The result is shown inTable 3.

(Manufacturing of Planar Activation Structural Body)

Embodiment 2

After processing the anti electrostatic to the activation structuralbody (P1) obtained in the embodiment 1, the planar activation structuresystem (T1) was manufactured by sintering activation structural bodywith the conditions as shown in the following Table 2.

EXAMPLE OF COMPARISON 2

The compared structural system (TC2) was manufactured by sintering thecompared structural system (PC1) obtained in the example of comparison1.

EXAMPLE OF COMPARISON 3

A compared structural system (TC3) was manufactured by sintering theactivation structural body (P1) obtained in the embodiment 1 with thesimilar conditions as the embodiment 2 but without anti electrostaticprocess. The compared activation structural body (TC2) has the similarrange of the porosity to that of the activation structural body (T1) ofthe present invention and TC 3 has porosity more than 60%

The physical properties of the planar activation structural bodiesmanufactured in such process as described above are shown in the table 2as below. TABLE 2 Structural Structural Structural Manufacturing SystemSystem System Conditions (T1) (TC2) (TC3) Sinter Temperature 1300° C.1300° C. 1300° C. Sintering Time 180 180 minutes 180 minutes minutesSinter pressure 25 MPa 25 MPa 25 MPa Thickness (mm) 0.5 0.5 0.5 Length(mm) 20 20 20 Width (mm) 0.5 0.5 0.5 Porosity 45-60% 50-60% 50-60% CrossSectional Shape FIG. 4 (a) FIG. 4 (b) FIG. 4 (c) Presence of Energypresented None presented Concentrated Fields

As have been clarified by the photos (FIG. 4 (a)-(b)), the activationstructural body T1 has the energy concentrated fields but it isunderstood that the activation structural bodies TC1 and TC2 forcomparison do not have enough energy concentrated fields.

In the next step, the activation structural body T1 manufactured by theabove condition and the activation structure systems TC2 and TC3 wereput in the water activation apparatus (of which volume was 300 cc) asshown in FIG. 8 (a) and the gas generation and the change of quantity ofdissolved oxygen were observed. The evaluation of gaseous generation wasdone with three categories such as; much generation as “**”, generationas “*” and no generation as “X”. The evaluation of quantity of dissolvedoxygen was done with three categories as very much increasing incomparison to the quantities before processing as “**”, slightlyincreasing as “*” and no change as “X”. The result is shown in Table 3.TABLE 3 P1 PC1 T1 TC2 TC3 Gas Generation * X ** X X Quantity ofdissolved * X ** X X oxygen

From the above results, it can be understood that the water activationwas carried out when the activation structural body (P1 and T1) was useddue to the facts that the large volume of gases was generated andquantity of dissolved oxygen increased. However, no remarks wereobserved for the activation structural bodies used for the comparison.

The analytical results showed the inclusion of hydrogen, oxygen andnitrogen in the generated gases.

(Water Activation)

The water activation was performed by using the apparatus shown in FIG.17. The activation structural body obtained in Embodiment 1 was placedaround the flowing path of 8 mm diameter in an arrangement as shown inFIG. 17 (d) and distilled water was supplied in a flow rate of 0.5meters per minute.

The ultra-violet spectra of the water before and after processing wereshown in FIG. 21. FIG. 21 (a) shows the ultra-violet spectrum of thewater (distilled water) before processing where no remarkable absorptionbands are seen. On the other hand, a remarkable absorption band around200 nm has been observed for the water after processing as shown in FIG.21 (b) (FIG. 21 (c) superimposes the spectra shown in FIGS. 21 (a) and(b) for comparing both absorption bands).

According to this result, it can be understood that the water activationis possible b using the activation structural body (the activationapparatus) of the present invention.

The implementations and embodiments of the present invention have beenexplained but the scope of the present invention is not only confined inthose explained above. For example, the elements or the chemicalcomponents that compose the activation structural bodies are notspecifically limited as far as the activation structural bodies haveenergy concentrated fields.

1. Water activation method characterized in that; a process ofactivating water by leading said water to pass through energyconcentrated fields which are generated in particles constructingactivation structural bodies is concurrently carried out with increasingquantity of dissolved oxygen in said water.
 2. Water activation methodaccording to claim 1, wherein; said activation structural bodies aremade of particles composed of a single elementary material selected froma group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed offluorocarbon, of which single elementary material or fluorocarbon isplaced at a position where wave energy intrinsic to each atom or saidfluorocarbon is amplified.
 3. Water activation method characterized byleading water or aqua media to pass through between two activation partsthat are provided by activation structural bodies that have energyconcentrated fields.
 4. Water activation method according to claim 3,wherein; said activation structural bodies are made of particlescomposed of a single elementary material selected from a group ofsilicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed of fluorocarbon, ofwhich single elementary material or fluorocarbon is placed at a positionwhere wave energy intrinsic to each atom or said fluorocarbon isamplified.
 5. Water activation apparatus which comprises a water tank toactivate water or aqua media and at least one activation part whichserves for activating water characterized in that; said activation partis constructed by activation structural bodies which have energyconcentrated fields between particles.
 6. Water activation apparatusaccording to claim 5, wherein; said activation structural bodies aremade of particles composed of a single elementary material selected froma group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed offluorocarbon, of which single elementary material or fluorocarbon isplaced at a position where wave energy intrinsic to each atom or saidfluorocarbon is amplified.
 7. Water activation apparatus which has ahousing having a water supply tap and a drain and a water activationpart attached to a circumference of said housing or inserted to said aninside of said housing characterized in that; said activation part isconstructed by activation structural bodies which have an energyconcentrated field between particles.
 8. Water activation apparatusaccording to claim 7, wherein; said activation structural bodies aremade of particles composed of a single elementary material selected froma group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed offluorocarbon, of which single elementary material or fluorocarbon isplaced at a position where wave energy intrinsic to each atom or saidfluorocarbon is amplified.